NEW YORK — Greetings from day two of the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. I just attended a truly fascinating panel discussion, “The Political Spin on the Music Industry,” which focused on government regulation issues such as intellectual property rights, artist royalties, Net neutrality, and the use of music in the‚ ongoing presidential‚ campaigns. CMJ [...]
One for three at CMJ’s Opening Night
Oct. 22, 2008 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK “" It’s been an exhausting first night of the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival.‚ The name doesn’t lie. I felt like I was sprinting around lower Manhattan this evening, trying to catch as many shows as I could. I wasn’t entirely successful. My night got started with a Media Meet and Greet [...]
Day One at CMJ
Oct. 21, 2008 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Greetings from the registration area of the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon. Things are just getting started here, with information booths and registration tables set up in various buildings on an around NYU’s Greenwich Village campus. The information booths alone,‚ the majority of which are centered around digital music sales, DIY recording, and streaming [...]
